Nuclear Innovation Newsletter

February 29th, 2024

Washington D.C. In February NIA staff participated in 3 speaking engagements. Additionally, NIA released a statement in response to the successful Senate vote on the supplemental appropriations package and an op-ed alongside the Good Energy Collective and ClearPath. 

The DC-based NIA team took a tour of the White House West Wing and the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. 

The deadline to apply for NIB2024 was extended by two weeks. 

NIA Statement on the Release of “Advanced Nuclear Reactors for State Policymakers, A Brief”

February 13th, 2024

Today the Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) released a new report, “Advanced Nuclear Reactors for State Policymakers, A Brief.” This brief serves as an introduction to advanced nuclear energy projects and policies for state-level policymakers and stakeholders. The Brief describes advanced reactor technology and its benefits, providing an overview of enabling federal policies, and reviewing state options to incentivize local development of advanced reactors. The report also contains case studies of emerging, state-specific advanced nuclear projects like:

NIA statement on the need for HALEU funding

February 13th, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. The following statement in response to the successful Senate vote on the supplemental appropriations package, including funding for domestic development of high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU), may be attributed to Nuclear Innovation Alliance Executive Director Judi Greenwald:

Opinion Piece Published in Utility Dive featuring NIA Executive Director Judi Greenwald, Good Energy Collective Co-founder Jessica Lovering and ClearPath CEO Jeremy Harrell

February 6th, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. This article was published on February 6, 2024 on Utility Dive. To read this article, click here: Lessons from NuScale’s terminated project will help pave the way for advanced nuclear energy | Utility Dive. The first two paragraphs of the article can be seen below. 

Nuclear Innovation Newsletter

January 31st, 2024

Washington D.C. In January's edition of NIA's monthly newsletter we looked back on the actions we took in 2023 including new publications, press releases, events and more. 

In January NIA staff released one new report and were featured in 3 different news articles.

We continue to count down the days to the 2024 edition of the Nuclear Innovation Bootcamp with applications being due on February 25. 

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